2018 Stellar roadmap • Hacker News Board

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by EastSmith » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:48 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

Ha! Found the email, recovered the account and found 125.899988 lumens. Wonder what I did with the rest? Not sure if they were 6000, or 500 or something else.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by atomical » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:51 PM UTC

tzakrajs wrote: post #29

yohann305 wrote: post #23

Two days ago, Stripe announced they were dropping Bitcoin. And now Stellar (A Stripe-seeded company) announces their 2018 plans. Good job on the guy that saw it coming in HN comments ! Note: I'm not bashing Stellar, I'm actually a big fan. : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329

I feel really stupid. Back in 2015, their lead scientist David Mazières explained Stellar consensus protocol inside the Gates computer science building at Stanford to a small group of people back when Lumens were worthless. I was in that group of people and I completely missed the boat.

The Stripe blog post mentions OmiseGo. OmiseGo hasn't even launched their product and Stripe is considering using them. That's a little worrying, but suggests it's still early.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by j_s » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:51 PM UTC

asciimo wrote: post #25

tgb wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this. Now what do I do, though? I'd rather not mess this up. I can log in to launch.stellar.org and can "upgrade" to lumens. Do I do that? My goal is to sell them for USD.

Yes, I went through that process and it was pretty painless. I recommend going the extra step and getting a secure wallet to store them in. Ledger ( https://www.ledgerwallet.com/products/ledger-nano-s ) has an app for Stellar Lumens.

A secure wallet is not super helpful if immediately cashing out (to fiat), right?

A legitimate, soup-to-nuts "turn one email into $___ in cash" walkthrough (perhaps the beginnings of which is below, though I can't personally vouch for it) would do well!

https://medium.com/@marckohlbrugge/you-might-have-204-worth-...

(Search "2. Stellar" [no quotes] twice; does anyone know how to link directly on Medium? This piece focuses more on breadth than depth, covering multiple cryptocurrencies. The only useful Stellar info there seems to be https://launch.stellar.org/#/login)

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by oflannabhra » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

My account was corrupted during the migration from STL -> XLM. Not even my recovery code works. Multiple support emails with Stellar and no dice being able to access my XLM :( .

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by otp124 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:58 PM UTC

oflannabhra wrote: post #34

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

My account was corrupted during the migration from STL -> XLM. Not even my recovery code works. Multiple support emails with Stellar and no dice being able to access my XLM :( .

Same here; recovery code doesn't work. I reached out to them with no response. Not very promising that they couldn't even migrate early adopters over safely.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by conanbatt » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:58 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #5

My coins that I had since 2014 were 'corrupted', and unrecoverable, even though the only thing I have is the exact code that the stellar website and email sent me. Great stuff!

Heh, remembered they existed because of the hype on it now. Turns out I had the 5000 signup stellar coins lying around. Easiest 2700 bucks I ever made.

Who the hell is buying these things.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by ledbettj » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:06 PM UTC

tgb wrote: post #24

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

Thanks for this. Now what do I do, though? I'd rather not mess this up. I can log in to launch.stellar.org and can "upgrade" to lumens. Do I do that? My goal is to sell them for USD.

The process I followed was:

* create an account on binance.com

* transfer the stellars there, making sure to follow the instructions about the MEMO_TEXT.

* convert the lumens into bitcoin

* transfer the bitcoin to coinbase

* sell it.

There is probably a more optimized or less expensive way to accomplish this, but this was the easiest way for me, and binance did not require a social security number or photo id like some sites wanted.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by jcousins » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:10 PM UTC

EastSmith wrote: post #31

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

Ha! Found the email, recovered the account and found 125.899988 lumens. Wonder what I did with the rest? Not sure if they were 6000, or 500 or something else.

It was 6000 in the original airdrop, and after that there was an airdrop against bitcoin addresses in a proportional fashion (only if you chose to claim them, if i am recalling correctly.)

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by andruby » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:13 PM UTC

tgb wrote: post #24

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

Thanks for this. Now what do I do, though? I'd rather not mess this up. I can log in to launch.stellar.org and can "upgrade" to lumens. Do I do that? My goal is to sell them for USD.

I created http://www.stellar-price.com which checks a bunch of exchanges and shows you the best route to buy or sell stellar.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by solean » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:13 PM UTC

yohann305 wrote: post #23

Two days ago, Stripe announced they were dropping Bitcoin. And now Stellar (A Stripe-seeded company) announces their 2018 plans. Good job on the guy that saw it coming in HN comments ! Note: I'm not bashing Stellar, I'm actually a big fan. : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329

In 2014, Stripe gave Stellar a $3 million loan in exchange for 2 billion lumens, which is now worth around $2 billion. They still have those lumens. I wonder why they would drop bitcoin support and start pushing Stellar...